Students of Germ 3255W were assigned to write a Haiku, a short form of traditional Japanese poems. Inspiration came from a short story from the collection „Kaffee & Zigaretten“ (2018) by Ferdinand von Schirach, in which the narrator gets to know his neighbor, a Japanese student of music, who introduces him to Japanese poetry. Sie […]
On November 14, almost 100 students taking German at Mansfield, Cheshire and Westport High Schools joined us on the UConn, Storrs, campus to hear an impressive talk by Alex Dumschott (Eurotech alumnus) about how he applied his German language and culture knowledge in his career; get a taste of German classes here at UConn from […]
This special issue of Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, published by the American Association of Teachers of German, features articles on Teaching German Studies in a Global Context with contributions by i.a. Anke Finger (UConn) and Niko Tracksdorf (UConn alumnus and Assistant Professor of German at University of Rhode Island). The issue is co-edited by Nicole Coleman […]
At our third and final German colloquium in Fall semester 2019 Joscha Jelitzki (UConn) will give a lecture about “Genealogie der Sittlichkeit in Thomas Manns ‘Das Gesetz’ (1943)”. The presentation will be held in German, refreshments will be served. Thursday, October 31st, 1:00-2:00pm, Oak Hall 236. Contact: Florian.Kastner@uconn.edu or Juntao.Li@uconn.edu
Thorsten Wilhelm from Yale University will be the next speaker in our second German colloquium in Fall 2019 and presents on the topic “Project-based Learning for Cultural Understanding”. Friday, October 18th, 2019, 1:00-2:00pm (Oak Hall 236). Refreshments will be served. Contact: Florian.Kastner@uconn.edu or Juntao.Li@uconn.edu
November 7, 2019 12:30 pm: Konover Auditorium Shelter from the Holocaust: German Jewish Refugees in Iran and India Dr. Atina Grossmann This lecture examines the intensely ambivalent and paradoxical experiences, sensibilities, and emotions of bourgeois Jews who found refuge in the “Orient” of India and Iran after 1933. Organized by the Center for Judaic Studies https://judaicstudies.uconn.edu/2019/10/08/grossmann/ —— 2:00-3:30pm: […]
The Eurotech House is part of the Learning Community Program at UConn and offers a large variety of different events every month. “Living and Learning Communities provide cohorts of students with opportunities to investigate areas of interest, either based on their major or an interdisciplinary topic, through guided courses and co-curricular activities. Living and Learning […]
Sebastian Wogenstein is Associate Professor of German and Comparative Literature and Interim Director of the Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life at UConn. He is also faculty associate of the Human Rights Institute. On September 25th 2019 (2:30 to 3:15 pm, Oak Hall 236) Prof. Wogenstein will give a lecture about “Human Rights […]
At this year’s annual German Studies Association conference in Portland, OR, three members of the UConn German Studies section will present their work and add to the lively discussion around how digital scholarship and teaching diversify the German Studies field in both content and method. Stefan Bronner, Britta Meredith and Anke Finger (a co-founder of […]
In June 2019, Prof. Stefan Bronner co-organized a conference to discuss the need for more passionate engagement in the humanities. Numerous speakers addressed the need for more personal involvement, sharing, addressing the rule of ‘ratio’ and more. For more information and to watch some of the video captures, visit the site and contribute to the […]
German teachers from across the state met at UConn on Thursday, May 16, 2019, to discuss interdisciplinary programming in German at the High School level and to start a network that integrates ECE at UConn with the state’s AATG chapter. ECE German Studies programs from E.O. Smith HS, Cheshire HS, Staples HS and East Lyme […]
Prof. Friedemann Weidauer has published a new textbook in collaboration with two recent PhD’s in German Studies from UConn, Nicole Coleman and Niko Tracksdorf: Impulse, due out this year. The package, published by Klett, includes Impuls Deutsch—Textbook, Impuls Deutsch— Teaching Guide, Impuls Deutsch—Workbook, and Impuls Deutsch—Instructors Manual. Below is the publisher’s information: Impuls Deutsch is our […]
Katharina von Hammerstein, Professor of German Studies and member of UConn’s Human Rights Institute, was interviewed by Courthouse News on the current Herero and Nama lawsuit against Germany at the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York for the article “For Victims of a Little-Known Genocide, a Long Journey to Justice.” As a scholar of […]
Bettina Matthias, Professor of German at Middlebury College and Director of the well-known Middlebury summer school, presented her research on hotel studies on February 6th, highlighting an under-analyzed section in travel literatures with a talk entitled “Narratives from Rented Rooms: The Literary Fascination with Hotels and Their Dwellers in Early 20th Century Germany and Austria.” […]
From a research perspective, personal conviction, as a moral, cultural, and emotional concept, has largely escaped scrutiny, with few studies investigating what is defined as “an unshakeable belief in something, without seeking evidence”; or, as the Oxford English Dictionary has it, “a firm and settled persuasion.” Beliefs are based on certain sets of values, but […]
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